Hilsa production has increased in recent years after imposing ban on catching brood hilsa and jatka (hilsa fry). Still, the most popular fish of the country that contributes around 12 percent of fish ...

Prasanjit Mandal, 30, lives in Farakka, West Bengal, and his traditional line of work is fishing. However, these days, he also drives an autorickshaw to make a living. At times, he goes fishing with ...

Bengali recipes are incomplete without fish. When it comes to fish, Bengali cuisine explores not just different fish snacks and curry recipes, but there is a wide variety to explore in different types ...

Imagine you get a craving for the delicious Shorshe Ilish (hilsa in mustard gravy) late at night. Under normal circumstances, it would be very hard to satisfy that craving. The markets have already ...

The Md Yunus government in Bangladesh may have chosen to honour the commitment of culinary tradition and issue a notification to export hilsa to India ahead of the festive season, but fish importers ...

There may be some good news for Bengalis who missed their quota of hilsa delicacies this year because of the exorbitant price of the fish. Not only that, the best quality hilsa could seldom be found ...

I am absolutely passionate about cooking, though I can't really remember how long it's been. And I have cooked in myriad locations and conditions; whether it was making spicy chicken pish pash on a ...

Fishing operations resumed across Bhola at midnight on Thursday following the conclusion of a two-month government-imposed ...

Kolkata's hilsa lovers are turning to Myanmar and Gujarat varieties as doubts rise over the arrival of the prized Padma hilsa from Bangladesh due to strained political relations. While frozen Myanmar ...

U Kauk Tin: 'Now this fish is becoming very rare.' For decades fishermen in Myanmar have caught and sold the hilsa fish, but overfishing and poor regulation is taking a terrible toll, as the BBC's Ko ...